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Mar 19, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Homelessness is complicated, but some reporting last weekend made it look pretty simple.
If you’re interested in going deeper, here are stories that Project Homeless @seattletimes has done over the past 16 months. 1/11
First, are some people homeless because of drug and alcohol use? Sure. But research shows there’s a delineating factor between people with those struggles who are homeless and people with those struggles who aren’t: poverty.
More in our story today: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h… 2/11
Dec 27, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
You’ve probably read plenty of bad news about homelessness in 2018.
But you might’ve missed some of the uplifting stories we’ve written—the stories that point to a light at the end of the tunnel.
Here are a few: 1/
Many more people are sleeping in their cars in Seattle than last year. These people often have to move every day because of parking restrictions.
San Diego decided to give car campers a safe place to sleep and get help: st.news/2ri0sy0 2/
